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unscrupulous.adjective
devoid
of scruples;
oblivious
to or contemptuous of what is
right or honorable
unscrupulously.adverb
unscrupulousness.noun,.plural.unscrupulousnesses
unconscionable.adjective
not restrained
by conscience;
unscrupulous-(unconscionable
behavior); beyond prudence or
reason;
excessive;
lacking
a good conscience
(unconscionable spending; unconscionable acts made legal)
unconscionably.adverb
unconscionableness.noun,.plural.unconscionablenesses
unconscious.adjective
lacking.awareness
and the capacity
for sensory.perception;
not conscious;
not awake; temporarily.lacking
consciousness of surroundings;
occurring
in the absence
of conscious awareness or thought (unconscious resentment;
unconscious fears); without conscious control; involuntary
or unintended
(an unconscious mannerism)
unconscious.noun
the unconscious or division of the mind in psychoanalytic
theory containing elements of psychic makeup, such as memories or repressed
desires, that are not subject to conscious perception or control but that
often affect
conscious thoughts and behavior
unconsciously.adverb
unconsciousness.noun,.plural.unconsciousnesses
unpretentious.adjective
lacking pretension
or affectation;
modest;
plain
unpretentiously.adverb
unpretentiousness.noun,.plural.unpretentiousnesses
urge, urged,
urging,
urges.verbs
transitive
verb use.to force or drive forward
or onward; impel; to entreat.earnestly
and often repeatedly; exhort; to
advocate
earnestly the doing, consideration or approval of; press for; to stimulate;
excite
intransitive
verb use.to exert
an impelling force; push vigorously
urgent.adjective
compelling
immediate action or attention; pressing; insistent
or importunate
(the urgent words 'Hurry! Hurry!'); conveying
a sense of pressing importance (an urgent message)
urgently.adverb
urgency.noun,.plural.urgencies
the quality.or.condition
of being urgent; pressing importance (the urgency
of the call for help); a pressing necessity
unpleasant.adjective
not pleasing;
disagreeable
unpleasantly.adverb
unsightly, unsightlier,
unsightliest.adjectives
unpleasant or offensive
to look at; unattractive; ugly
unsightliness.noun,.plural.unsightlinesses
unduly.adverb
excessively; immoderately.(unduly
being interested in getting better educated will lead one to the means
of accomplishment); see duly
undue.adjective
exceeding what is appropriate
or normal; excessive; undue use of force; not yet payable or due (an undue
loan)
unessential.adjective
not necessary
or important; dispensable
unessential.noun,.plural.unessentials
what is unnecessary
unvarying, unvariable,
unvaried.adjectives
not varying
undisputed.adjective
if you describe a fact or opinion as undisputed,
you are trying to persuade someone that it is generally accepted as true
or correct (the undisputed fact that he had broken the law; the undisputed
genius
of many quantum physicists);
without dispute; compare indisputability
unnecessary.adjective
not necessary;
needless
unnecessarily.adverb
undoubted.adjective
accepted as beyond question; in
fact; undisputed;
authentic
undoubtedly.adverb
unyielding.adjective
not bending; inflexible; not giving way to pressure
or persuasion; obdurate
unyieldingly.adverb
unyieldingness.noun
Upanishad.noun,.plural.Upanishads
any of a group of philosophical.treatises.contributing
to the theology of ancient.Hinduism,
elaborating
on the earlier
Vedas
Upanishadic.adjective
unprincipled.adjective
lacking principles
or moral.scruples;
unscrupulous.(unprincipled
behavior
unprincipledness.noun,.plural.unprinciplednesses
uncertainty.noun,.plural.uncertainties
the condition of being uncertain;
doubt;
something uncertain (the uncertainties of modern life)
uncertain.adjective
not sure of something; not having confidence enough
in to proceed; questionable; undecided (uncertain plans to go away in winter);
not having sure knowledge (I recall the events with some uncertainty; subject
to change; variable (uncertain
weather)
uncertainly.adverb
uncertainness.noun,.plural.uncertainnesses
undecided.adjective
not yet determined
or settled; open (we are still undecided as to where to go for our vacation);
not having reached a decision
undecided.noun,
plural.undecideds
undecidedly.adverb
undecidedness.noun,.plural.undecidednesses
unverified.transitive
verb
that which has not been verified
unverifiable.adjective
unavoidable.adjective
impossible to avoid;
inevitable;
certain
unavoidability.or.unavoidableness.noun
unavoidably.adverb
unjust.adjective
violating.ethical.standards;
unfair; dishonest
unjustly.adverb
unjustness.noun
unjustifiable.adjective
impossible to excuse, pardon or justify
unjustifiably.adverb
unjustified.adjective
if you describe a belief or action as unjustified,
you think that there is no good reason for having it or doing it; not justified
unprejudiced.adjective
free from prejudice;
impartial;
fair;
unprejudiced means without favorable
or unfavorable.preconceived.opinions.or.judgments
(an unprejudiced evaluation
of the arguments for and against
the proposal)
underhand.also.underhanded.adjective
marked
by or done in a deceptive, secret
or sly.manner;
dishonest
and sneaky; in a sly
and secret way
underhand.noun,.plural.underhands
underhandedness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
underhandedly.adverb
Sports:.executed
with the hand brought forward and up from below the level of the shoulder;
underarm (an underhand pitch; throw the ball underhand)
undefiled.adjective
not defiled;
free from that by which the nature of a thing is deformed and debased or
its force and vigour impaired
unconventional.adjective
not adhering
to convention; out of the ordinary;
if you describe a person or their attitude or behavior as unconventional,
you mean that they do not behave in the same way as most other people in
their society (Linus Pauling
is an unconventional genius); an unconventional way of doing something
is not the usual way of doing it and may be rather
surprising (despite
his unconventional methods,
Ron
Glasberg has inspired
so many pupils
as professor at the University of Calgary, he is consistently nominated
for teaching awards
unconventionality.noun,.plural.unconventionalities
unconventionally.adverb
unreasoned.adjective
not based on or guided by reason; unreasonable
(unreasoned prejudices)
unguent.noun,.plural.unguents
a salve for soothing or healing; an ointment
unguentary.adjective
unscathed.adjective
not injured or harmed (escaped the hurricane unscathed)
unspecified.adjective
you say that something is unspecified when you
are not told exactly what it is; not known or not stated
(the meeting will take place at an unspecified date in the future); not
specified;
undetermined
unfortunate.adjective
characterized
by undeserved bad luck; unlucky; causing misfortune; disastrous
or regrettable.circumstances;
deplorable
(an unfortunate lack of good manners); a victim
of bad luck
unfortunately.adverb
unfortunate.noun,.plural.unfortunates
unfortunateness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
undergo, underwent,
undergone,
undergoing,
undergoes.transitive
verbs
if you undergo something, you are going through
it (we had to undergo moving out while the renovations
were being done); it happens to you; to pass through something; experience
(a house that is undergoing remodeling); to endure;
suffer
(society
is undergoing great changes)
unpredictable.adjective
difficult
to foretell
or foresee (unpredictable test results; unpredictable
events)
unpredictability,
unpredictable.nouns
something difficult or impossible to foretell
or foresee
unpredictably.adverb
usual.adjective
commonly.encountered,
experienced or observed (the usual summer heat); regularlyor
customarily
used (ended the speech with the usual expressions of thanks); in conformity
with regular practice or procedure
(she always arrives at the usual time)
as usual.idiom
as commonly or habitually.happens
(as usual, I slept late that Saturday morning)
usually.adverb
usualness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
it's the same old usualness with promises from
political bodies
unfit.adjective
not meant
or adapted
for a given purpose; inappropriate
(a glue that is unfit for use on wood surfaces); below a required.standard;
unqualified
(an unfit politician eventually
gives forth
his true intent);
not in good physical or mental health
unfit, unfitted,
unfitting,
unfits.transitive
verbs
to cause to be unsuited or unqualified
unfitly.adverb
(brash
words are always unfitly spoken)
unfitness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
(the sports player's injury was reason for his
unfitness)
uninterrupted.adjective
if something is uninterrupted, it is continuous
and has no breaks or interruptions in it (organic nutrition enables the
healing process to continue uninterrupted); if you have an uninterrupted
view of something, there is nothing between you and that thing to stop
you from seeing it clearly (diners can enjoy an uninterrupted view of the
garden; uninterrupted sleep; an uninterrupted view of the mountains)
uninterruptedly.adverb
urchin.noun,.plural.urchins
a playful or mischievous
youngster; a scamp; a sea
urchin
unfair,
unfairer,
unfairest.adjectives
not just
or evenhanded; biased (an unfair
call by an umpire; policies that favor the rich and important are unfair)
unfairly.adverb
unfairness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
unusual.adjective
if something is unusual, it does not happen very
often or you do not see it or hear it very often (they have replanted many
areas with rare and unusual plants; to be appreciated as a politician is
quite
unusual); if you describe someone as unusual, you think that they are interesting
and different from other people; not usual,
common.or.ordinary
unusually.adverb
unusualness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
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